First Quarter 2011 - Cleveland Institute of Music

Geoff Powers, Cleveland Photography Society 

Notes 

January-March 2011 

By Any Measure, Exceptional 

In this Issue: 

Mixon Hall Master, 

Leon Fleisher.... page 11 

Master Classes.... page 11 

Mobile Application.... page 6 

Organ Internships.... page 10 

From the President.... page 2 

Faculty.... page 3 

Preparatory.... page 5 

i am cim.... page 8 

Students.... page 9 

Family Snapshots.... 12 

Alumni.... page 14 

Concerts.... page 17

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As we prepare to welcome new, 

young artists into our musical home 

here at the Cleveland Institute of Music, 

I have to say how very proud I feel to 

be a part of a school that attracts the 

very best students from all around the 

globe and enables them to quickly 

find both their musical and personal 

identity in our supportive and 

welcoming environment. 

It is becoming apparent to all that our students find themselves 

in a position of strength in the heat of battle in the world’s most 

prestigious competitions. There is no question that the CIM 

experience instills a sense of pride that prepares our students 

completely for those moments that count. 

I would like to thank and congratulate our world-class faculty for 

the dedicated work that they do, inspiring our amazing students 

each and every day. Here are some of the wonderful recent results 

of their efforts: 

Three of our pianists have just distinguished themselves in three big 

piano competitions: Dmitri Levkovich (student of Sergei Babayan) 

took 1st Prize in the China International Piano Competition, Daniil 

Trifonov (student of Sergei Babayan) took third prize in the Chopin 

Piano Competition in Warsaw and Yunjie Chen (student of Antonio 

Pampa-Baldi) took 1st prize in the Isang Yun Competition in Seoul. 

The Linden String Quartet, recently graduated and now quartetin-residence 

at Yale School of Music, has just won yet another 

important competition, the Concert Artists Guild prize. They seem 

to be well on their way to being the next important American 

string quartet. 

This year’s Sphinx Competition, to be held in Ann Arbor in February, 

will exclusively feature three CIM cellists as finalists in the Senior 

Round. They are: Alex Cox, Josué Gonzalez and Erica Snowden. 

All three are students of Dr. Melissa Kraut at CIM. 

JinJoo Cho, violin student of Paul Kantor, took 1st Prize of the Buenos 

Aires International Violin Competition this past July. 

Our wonderful Preparatory piano faculty continues to prepare 

young, complete virtuosi and Arianna Körting (student of Gerardo 

Teissonnière) is a great example, having won the first prize in the 

2010 Julia Crane International Piano Competition held at SUNY 

Potsdam in New York this past September. 

One of our Young Artist Program pianists, Vanessa Haynes 

(student of Antonio Pampa-Bald) continues to win awards, 

among them the 2nd Prize from Burgos International Festival 

competition, which made her the highest ranking pianist in 

that competition. 

To these students I say: play on and enjoy each moment! 

To their teachers I say: thank you on their behalf and congratulations! 

– Joel Smirnoff, President 

Welcome 

CIM is pleased to announce the appointment 

of Lorraine Schuchart to the position 

of Director of Marketing and Communications. 

Ms. Schuchart assumed this role on 

November 30, 2010. 

Lorraine Schuchart is an accredited public 

relations strategist with more than 20 years 

experience in marketing and communications. 

She comes to CIM from the Fortune 

Schuchart 1000 company, Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft 

Stores, where she was the public relations 

manager. She created key messages to build the corporate brand 

and ensure alignment of communications across the company. 

In her first year, social media, special events, press relations and 

printed communications helped the company to surpass all goals in 

this area, as well as contribute to an increase of 50% enrollment in 

the arts education program. She also developed employee 

engagement initiatives, media training of executives and created 

a five-year corporate strategy. 

Prior to joining Jo-Ann, she was the director of communications for 

the Cleveland office of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry, one 

of the nation’s largest service organizations. She supported the 

operation of 25 independent programs providing education and 

training to underserved organizations. During her ten years with 

LMM, she created and implemented the agency’s first strategic 

public relations plan, which increased private donations by more 

than 40% and helped the agency articulate its brand and goals. 

Ms. Schuchart is a member of the Public Relations Society of 

America, a presenter and committee member at the Association 

of Lutheran Development Executives International Conference and 

a guest lecturer at Bowling Green and Kent State universities. 

She resides in Brecksville. 

In Memoriam 

Barbara “Babs” Glickman, a long-time supporter of the Cleveland 

Institute of Music, passed away in December at the age of 82. 

Mrs. Glickman was recently honored at CIM’s annual meeting in 

July 2010 upon her retirement from the Board of Trustees after 

21 years of service. 

“Babs and Carl have been dear friends and supporters of the 

Cleveland Institute of Music for many years,” said Vice President 

and Chief Operating Officer, Eric Bower. “It has been a great 

privilege for CIM to have been a focus of Babs’ time and energy 

over these many years. Her insight and generous spirit will be 

greatly missed.” 

Prior to joining the Board, she took great interest and gave generously 

to the Art Song Festival and the Kulas Hall renovation and 

was a driving force behind Dave Brubeck’s first visit to Cleveland for 

a CIM Women’s Committee Benefit in the 1970s. She took an 

active role in the most recent capital campaign which included 

the $41 million renovation and expansion of CIM’s campus, 

completed in 2007. As a member of the Capital Campaign Major 

Gifts Committee, she participated in the visits to Rice University 

and the Moores School of Music and was on the selection committee 

to choose the architect space consultant in 1998. 

She and her husband Carl were highly committed members of the 

philanthropic community of Greater Cleveland. Between the two of 

them, they served on the boards of the Cleveland Jewish Community 

Federation, the Cleveland Catholic Diocese Foundation, John Carroll 

University and Cleveland State University. Together, the founded the 

Glickman Family Violence Prevention Center. 

Contributions may be made to the Cleveland Institute of Music or 

the Cleveland Clinic.

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Faculty 

Sergei Babayan played Rachmaninov’s 

Concerto No. 3 in Belfast with the Ulster 

Orchestra in October. The performance was 

broadcast on BBC. He was also invited by 

Valery Gergiev to perform the Goldberg 

Variations in the Mariinsky Theatre. He 

performed several of the Variations at his 

CIM faculty recital in October. 

Eric Charnofsky, Department Chair of Music 

Literature, delivered the pre-concert lecture 

to Preparatory students and their families 

in Reinberger Auditorium at Severance Hall 

prior to the CIM Orchestra concert in September. 

In October, he presented a faculty 

recital featuring the music of Samuel Barber 

in recognition of the composer’s centennial. 

Mr. Charnofsky was also recently commissioned 

by Pacific Serenades, a chamber 

music series in Los Angeles, for which he 

will compose a quintet for piano and strings 

to be premiered in late April. 

Marshall Griffith 

(BM ’75, MM ’77) 

performed in a jazz 

event of original 

works – “Jazz 

Impressions of 

Minnesota” - 

at Macalester 

college in October. 

Monica Houghton 

Griffith (MM ‘03, composition) 

has been 

awarded the Thanatopolis Music Prize in 

the category Rituel Adieux. 

Fynette H. Kulas Professor of Viola 

Jeffrey Irvine played a recital and taught 

a master class at the University of Virginia 

in Charlottesville, Virginia in October. 

He collaborated with his former student, 

Ayn Balija (MM ‘07), viola professor at 

UVA, in a performance of Michael 

Daugherty’s “Viola Zombie.” He also 

collaborated with James Howsmon, 

Professor of Collaborative Piano at Oberlin 

Conservatory, in performances of Schumann 

and Hindemith. 

Dr. Melissa Kraut 

gave a master class 

at the Interlochen 

Arts Academy 

in October. 

Massimo La Rosa, 

principal trombonist 

of The Cleveland 

Orchestra, recorded 

Kraut 

his debut CD featuring 

standard repertoire 

for trombone and piano with new 

arrangements of Italian opera treasures 

and an arrangement of the Adagietto from 

Mahler’s Symphony No. 5. Pianists on the 

recording are Elizabeth DeMio (CIM faculty) 

and Teddy Abrams. Cantando was produced 

and engineered by the multiple Grammy 

award-winning team of Thomas C. Moore 

(BM ’86, MM ’88) and Robert Friedrich from 

Five/Four Productions and was recorded in 

Mixon Hall. The 

CD is available at 

The Cleveland 

Orchestra Store 

and from CD 

Baby. La Rosa was 

featured as Artist 

of the Month 

in the October 

issue of Musical 

America. 

Erik Mann (MM ‘02, 

student of Jason 

Vieaux) is beginning 

his second season 

as president of the 

Cleveland Classical 

Guitar Society. 

During his first 18 

months as president, 

Mann membership has 

more than doubled 

and annual income for the CCGS has increased 

by more than 500%. His first season, 

2009-2010, was marked by the creation of 

the first concert series for the CCGS. The 

opening concert of the 2010-2011 season, 

the Showcase Concert featuring Jason 

Vieaux (CIM faculty and alumnus), Stephen 

Aron, Francois Fowler and Robert Gruca 

(CIM alumnus) was hugely successful, more 

than doubling the previous attendance 

record. Board members of the Cleveland 

Classical Guitar Society include, among others, 

several CIM alumni: Benjamin (MM ’09), 

Brian Kozak (MM ’93) and Jason Vieaux 

(BM ‘95). 

The 34th Annual John Mack Oboe Camp 

was full of CIM representatives this June. 

Pictured are all graduates of CIM and 

students of the late John Mack: (standing) 

Elizabeth DeMio, Thomas Moore*, 

Jennifer Potochnic*, Jeffrey Rathbun* 

(seated) Jeannette Bittar * and baby Bittar, 

Danna Sundet*, Andria Brennan Hoy. 

The John Mack Oboe Camp is unique in 

that the participants range from advanced 

high school students, college-age students 

and seasoned professionals who seek a 

brush up course. This year, 88 students 

and faculty came from 20 different states 

and three countries. 

* Master teachers and performers 

Jason Vieaux (head 

of CIM’s Classical 

Guitar department) 

has been appointed 

to the newly 

created classical 

guitar department at 

The Curtis Institute 

of Music, beginning 

in 2011-12. He was 

awarded the 2010 

Salon De Virtuosi 

Vieaux 

Career Grant and was 

celebrated at a Steinway Hall gala in 

October. Season highlights include an 

appearance at the John F. Kennedy Center 

Terrace Theatre as part of mezzo soprano 

Sasha Cooke’s Marion Anderson Award 

recital, tour stops in Toronto, Ottawa and 

Quebec City, and concerto appearances 

with the Illinois Symphony, Fort Worth 

Symphony Orchestra, Mexico City 

Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony 

and Cleveland Pops. 

Faculty members David Bamberger and 

Marshall Griffith, along with alumna 

Nancy Maier (MM ’96), each presented 

at LearnInn, a series of compelling, lively, 

informative and entertaining presentations 

hosted by The Mandel Jewish Community 

Center in October. Bamberger discussed the 

opera Samson and Delilah. Griffith tested 

audience knowledge of great movie themes 

in “Film Music.” Maier accompanied radio 

personality Bill Rudman for “September 

Songs: A Cabaret About the Passing Years.”

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News from the Sato Center for Suzuki Studies 

A Spooky Play in 

The Suzuki Association of the Americas National Conference was held in Minneapolis, 

May 2010. CIM students violinists Serena Shapard and Claire Geho performed with the 

Suzuki Youth Orchestra of the Americas. Sato Center parent and author of The Talent 

Code, Daniel Coyle, was one of the keynote speakers. Tracy Rowell, Sato Center bass 

faculty, presented. 

Claire Geho, student 

of Kimberly Meier- 

Sims was chosen to 

perform for master 

class clinician, 

Scott Conklin, 

violin professor at 

University of Iowa 

and former student 

of Paul Kantor. 

 

Sato Center March Workshop 

The Sato Center Workshop took place last March with 

guest clinicians from St. Louis (MO), Troy (MI), Nashville 

(TN), Ithaca (NY), Boston (MA) and Atlanta (GA). 

Suzuki Teacher Training at CIM 

Suzuki Pedagogy students complete two years 

of teacher training with 100 hours of lesson 

observations and two years of practicum teaching 

in the Sato Center. 

Left to Right: Katrina Bobbs, Abigail Wilensky, 

Jessica Petrides, Kimberly Meier-Sims (CIM conservatory 

faculty member and SAA registered teacher trainer), 

Brittni Brown, Rachel Samson, Rhea Edelman. 

Ed Sprunger, violinist and 

author of Helping Parents 

Practice, works with Julia 

Schilz. 

Carol Smith, Director of Suzuki Strings 

at the Blair School of Music, works 

with George Wang. 

Rachel Schultz, CIM 

Conservatory faculty, 

taught Dalcroze classes. 

 

Mark Mutter, executive director 

of Suzuki Royal Oak Institute 

of Music in Troy, MI teaches 

Samantha Peachey. 

Pamela Devenport, Suzuki 

Cello Pedagogy instructor at 

the School for Strings in New 

York, part of the Juilliard Prep 

program, teaches a cello 

master class. 

Kathy Almquist, viola 

instructor at the Suzuki School of 

Newton, teaches Nadia deGeorgia. 

Nicholas Walker, bass 

professor at Ithaca 

College, gave a recital 

in Mixon Hall joined by 

Tracy Rowell.

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Preparatory 

Arianna Körting and Jurors 

Arianna Körting, student of Gerardo 

Teissonnière, was clearly the jurors’ 

favorite as the first place winner at the 

2010 Julia Crane International Piano 

Competition held at SUNY Potsdam in 

New York in September. The sixteenyear-old 

was the first ever contestant 

to receive a unanimous vote from the 

international jury. She also presented 

a solo recital in the Philippines and 

performed with the Peach Philharmonic 

Orchestra of the Philippines, conducted 

by Music Director Jeffrey Solares at the 

Bacolod Pavilion Convention Hall 

in November. 

Vanessa Haynes successfully performed at The Seattle International Piano Competition 

& Festival, receiving the third prize in the 10-13 age group. She also received the best 

performance of a work by Frederic Chopin. 

Violinist and CIM Young Artist Program (2010) 

graduate, Alexandra Hoopes, performed with 

The Cleveland Orchestra in October. She also helped 

Prep student Sam Rosenthal (pictured) with his 

Suzuki violin studies. At CIM, Alexandra studied 

with Paul Kantor and William Preucil and did her 

chamber music studies with Annie Fullard (pictured.) 

Alexandra is now a freshman at The Juilliard School 

and studies with former CIM faculty member, Donald 

Weilerstein and Ronald Copes, member of the 

Juilliard String Quartet. 

Liesl Hook Langmack (Sato faculty) was a guest 

clinician at the International Music Festival in Berea 

(OH) and at workshops in PA and MI. 

Grace Huang (faculty) performed in the Trinity 

Music & Art “Brownbag Concerts” Series in October. 

In August, she performed a collaborative recital in 

the Blodgett Concert Series at Blue Lake Fine Arts 

Camp, where she was also a faculty member. 

Alexandra Hoopes, Annie Fullard 

and Sam Rosenthal 

Jessi Pasternak, a Young Artist student of Lembi Veskimets, won the Junior Viola 

Division of the Ohio String Teachers Association State Solo Competition at Denison 

University in October. Dmitrii Yevstifeev, a Young Artist student of Jeffrey Irvine, was 

an honorable mention. Both were named semi-finalists from Ohio and will go on to 

compete in the ASTA 2011 National Solo Competition Semi-Final Round. 

Stephen Sims (Sato faculty) was a guest clinician at Sound Encounters in Ottawa (KS) 

and Stanford (CA). 

Shelby Wanen, student of Grace Huang, was selected to perform in a master class for 

Nelita True at the Ohio Music Teachers Association State Conference in November. 

Adam Whiting (Sato faculty) taught introduction to accompanying and sight-reading at 

the Oregon Suzuki Institute. 

Thanks to the support of 

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture… 

The Cleveland Institute of Music is among 

the more than 130 new and returning 

organizations from across Cuyahoga County 

that will share in nearly $15 million from 

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture (CAC) during its 

2011 funding cycle. 

CAC is a sub-division of the State of Ohio, 

which collects a dedicated tax on cigarettes 

sold in Cuyahoga County to fund local 

arts and culture organizations. Voters in 

Cuyahoga County approved the creation 

of CAC in 2006, and since then CAC has 

invested nearly $50 million in hundreds of 

arts and culture programs. CAC is the fifth 

largest public arts funder in the U.S. 

“More people need to be aware of the 

incredible impact that this public funding 

for the arts is having in this region,” says 

CAC Board President Steven Minter. CAC’s 

support of CIM will enable the school to 

continue offering free world-class concerts 

and other programs to citizens of Greater 

Cleveland and the Northeast Ohio region. 

It also enables CIM to continue its active 

outreach programs, whereby CIM students 

present performances at retirement communities, 

hospitals, non-profit organizations 

and schools throughout Greater Cleveland. 

The award also helps CIM provide the level 

of scholarship needed to attract and retain 

the best and brightest students from around 

the world – students who, in turn, provide 

the experience of live classical music to 

people throughout our region. 

CIM students, faculty, staff, 

administration and all in our 

community who benefit from 

CIM’s programs are grateful 

for the ongoing support 

of Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. 

Thank you!

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Distance Learning Brings 

Exceptional Teaching 

to Student in Remote Area 

Like many musicians, 16-year-old Susan 

Bengtson Bengtson found her calling at a young 

age. At just four years old, she was playing 

the violin, but by ten, she was ready 

for something more. 

“I loved the deep, rich sounds of both 

the cello and the viola,” she said. 

“But because there were no good cello 

teachers in my town, I decided to play 

the viola.” 

Finding inspiring and available teachers 

would be something that Susan would 

struggle with for years. 

“I live in a remote area in southeastern Washington State,” she explained. 

Although Susan has a local teacher, she’d been traveling down to California every 

few months to study with Helen Callus, a violist in Santa Barbara. In October, she 

traveled to Portland, Oregon for lessons. “From my house, it takes about seven 

hours to drive to and from Portland – if the traffic is good – so it was a lot of time 

in the car for only one hour of instruction.” 

Enter CIM and a high-tech solution... 

Upon a recommendation 

from Callus, Susan was 

enrolled in the CIM 

Preparatory Division as a 

student of Jeffrey Irvine. 

She is treated just like any 

other CIM Prep student, 

except she studies with 

Irvine via Distance Learning, 

a department led by 

Greg Howe. “We’ve done 

teaching connections like 

this from time to time in 

the past,” Howe said. “But 

they’ve all been one-time 

sessions, or a pair of classes 

separated by months. Susan 

is the first student that has been admitted to CIM’s Prep program in this manner.” 

Susan said she was thrilled at the chance to study at CIM remotely. Instead of a 

7- hour commute, she now drives 20 minutes to a branch of Washington State 

University where she connects with CIM’s video feed. 

“Distance learning is actually not as different from having normal face-to-face 

lessons as I thought it would be. I see Mr. Irvine on a TV screen and he speaks to 

me just like he would if I were right in front of him,” Susan said. Of course, he 

can’t physically interact with her, but Susan said they’ve figured a way around 

that. “Last week, he asked my mom to hold my forearm for him while I practiced 

a certain bow stroke.” 

Susan stated she likes studying with Irvine because not only is he a great performer, 

but he is also an excellent teacher. “I appreciate Mr. Irvine’s warm personality 

because it’s easier to expose your weaknesses as a player to a person like that and 

let them help you get better. To be honest, it is still a bit surreal that Mr. Irvine 

agreed to teach me.” 

Susan said she feels privileged to be the first student enrolled at CIM from afar. 

“I sincerely hope that other students like me, with limited access to artists of such 

high caliber, will have the same opportunity in the future.” 

As for Susan’s future – she said that CIM is definitely on her short list of conservatories. 

“I’ve had a really good experience with Mr. Irvine and the CIM technicians 

that made this arrangement possible.” Susan hopes to visit the campus in person 

sometime this year. 

CIM “has an app for that” 

First conservatory to launch 

multi-platform mobile applications 

“That information is on our website.” 

“But is there an app for it” 

— the response of smartphone users everywhere 

who customize the news they read, the music 

they hear, and the information they consume in 

the palm of their hands. 

CIM recognizes that the preferred method of 

receiving information has changed and, while 

classical music may be deeply rooted in history, 

the way we deliver information to the community 

doesn’t have to be. 

For all those who don’t want to be chained to a 

computer “to find out more,” CIM has launched 

mobile applications (apps) for iPhone and Android. 

Get instant access to CIM’s concert listings, 

a live news feed, live audio streaming and posted 

videos. Best of all, it’s free! 

The mobile apps for the iPhone, Android and other 

smartphones will enhance the concert-going 

experience by providing instant gratification. 

Can’t remember when the CIM Orchestra is performing 

your favorite piece Just check your app. 

The answer is one touch away, anywhere you go. 

CIM is the first conservatory to launch an app for 

iPhone and Android simultaneously, as well as 

Mobile Web for other smartphones. In partnership 

with InstantEncore, CIM is committed to providing 

functional, intuitive and entertaining tools 

to keep the community informed of its concerts 

and ever-changing news. 

Here’s how to get it: Download the app to your 

iPhone or Android via your smartphone’s app 

store. It doesn’t cost you a penny. Anyone with an 

iTouch or an iPad can also download the app to 

these devices. 

The mobile app also contains links to CIM’s 

YouTube, Facebook and Twitter accounts. Hop 

on board CIM’s social network and discover a 

world of people just like you with a passion for 

classical music. 

Don’t have an iPhone or Android, but have another 

smartphone like a Blackberry or Palm Find 

CIM on www.cim.edu from your smartphone to 

access a mobile web site compatible with 

your device.

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One Singular Sensation 

Columbia Artists 

On January 29, the lights will dim in Severance Hall and audiences 

will be awed by One Singular Sensation – MARVIN HAMLISCH - as 

he conducts the CIM Orchestra in a benefit by the Women’s Committee 

and presenting sponsor, Invacare Corporation. Grammys! 

Emmys! Tonys! Golden Globes! A Pulitzer Prize! Marvin Hamlisch 

has won them all. He’ll bring some of his most popular music to life 

and conduct other Broadway favorites. 

Voice students will join the CIM Orchestra on stage for renditions 

of “My Man Bill” from Show Boat (sung by soprano Claire Connelly), 

“I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady (sung by soprano 

Megan Hamm), “Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered” from 

Pal Joey (sung by Elizabeth Tredent, mezzo-soprano) and “So In 

Love” from Kiss Me, Kate (performed by tenor Oswaldo Iraheta.) 

Concert-only tickets: 

$35, $45. Call the Severance Hall 

Box Office at 216.231.1111. 

Benefit Tickets: 

Include cocktails, dinner, silent 

auction, premier seating and 

parking – start at $200. Call CIM 

at 216.791.5000, ext. 311. 

Presenting Sponsor: 

••• As part of his visit to Cleveland, 

Mr. Hamlisch will present a 

master class, coaching CIM voice 

students in American Song, on 

Friday, January 28 at 1 p.m. in 

Mixon Hall. This master class is 

free and open to the public. 

CIM@The Temple- 

Tifereth Israel 

Last season, CIM was honored 

to have an event hosted by The 

Temple-Tifereth Israel in Beachwood. 

This year, we made that 

partnership official by presenting 

two concerts at, and in partnership 

with, The Temple. 

Cleveland Orchestra Piano Trio 

The first performance of the 

season was presented on October 31, when The Cleveland Orchestra 

Piano Trio (violinist Peter Otto, cellist Richard Weiss and pianist 

Joela Jones) treated the audience to works by Turina, Clara 

Schumann, Debussy and Schubert. 

CIM would like to give special thanks to Rabbi Roger C. Klein, 

who graciously offered his insight and passion for classical music 

to preview the concert. 

The next CIM faculty performance at The Temple-Tifereth Israel will 

be on February 18, 2011, in cooperation with the Darius Milhaud 

Society. Titled “Milhaud and his Milieu,” the program will include 

works by Milhaud and his contemporaries - Satie, Poulenc and 

Ravel. The concert features an all-star list of performers, including 

CIM President Joel Smirnoff. (See page 18 for concert listing.) 

CIM is committed to bringing classical music to the community and 

looks forward to working with The Temple-Tifereth Israel for this 

exciting concert season. All concerts as part of this series are free 

and open to the public. 

On the cover: 

In November, the CIM New Music Ensemble, led by Keith Fitch, 

performed at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland, 

in the collaborative effort, Harmonic Hues. The ensemble performed 

works by Franco Donatoni, Augusta Read Thomas and Oliver Knussen in 

front of the wall installation Ilegítimo, by internationally aclaimed artist 

collective, assume vivid astro focus. Don’t miss the next Harmonic Hues 

event, Wednesday, April 6. Call 216.421.8671, ext. 70. The event is free, 

but reservations are required. 

“An Evening of Blues and Jazz with Smirnoff and 

Friends”, the mini benefit held by the CIM Women’s 

Committee in October, raised almost $10,000! 

Enthusiastic, standing room –only crowds packed 

Nighttown to hear President Smirnoff, Conrad Jones 

(trumpet) and Joel K. Negus (double bass), with guest 

artists Theron Brown and Anthony Taddeo, perform 

a selection of jazz favorites. 

Thank you to all guests, patrons, and the Jazz & Blues 

Committee who made the event such a success! 

Women's 

Committee 

President 

Jan Curry 

with CIM 

Board 

Chairman 

Mal Mixon.

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Name: 

Jay Dubin 

Instrument: 

Clarinet/Bass Clarinet 

Twenty-two year-old Jay Dubin, 

a student of Franklin Cohen, admits 

to having a “techy geek” inside 

him and enjoys his job in Distance 

Learning. He’s eager to help out 

around CIM, volunteering this 

summer at Parade the Circle, 

helping children bring the famed 

“Jingle Bug” to life. An active 

member of the CIM Orchestra, he 

also enjoys listening to opera. 

Read more stories like Jay's at cim.edu. 

What’s the best thing 

about Cleveland 

University Circle has been 

great to live in. Access to 

cultural institutions such 

as the Art Museum and 

Severance Hall is amazing. 

One of my favorite 

things to do on a practice 

break is to go to the 

Botanical Garden with 

my camera. 

It’s Saturday night - 

what are you doing 

Going to The Cleveland 

Orchestra concert, and 

probably watching a 

movie with friends 

afterwards. 

What has been your 

favorite activity at 

CIM thus far 

I really loved the opportunity 

to play in the CIM 

Orchestra with Maestro 

Asher Fisch in a Wagner 

concert in Severance Hall. 

I also enjoyed playing 

with Jamey Haddad and 

President Smirnoff at 

CIM’s Opening 

Exercises this year. 

How is CIM preparing you 

for your career goals 

The orchestral training 

we receive in the CIM 

Orchestra prepares 

us for how the real 

symphonic world works. 

I have learned a lot (how 

to play 2nd, how to play 

principal and how to 

interact with other 

members of my section) 

just from playing in the 

orchestra. It’s one of 

those things you get 

better at the more 

you do it. 

What is your most 

prized possession 

At the risk of sounding 

very nerdy, I would have 

to say my instruments. 

Without them I would 

not be able to create the 

music I love so much. 

Other than that, my 

family and friends have 

always been very supportive 

of me, when things 

at school are going very 

well, and especially when 

they aren’t going so well. 

I would say my family 

and friends are the most 

important part of my life. 

What are your hobbies 

outside of music 

I used to enjoy studying 

aviation, and have 

recently gotten into 

Russian literature (in 

English translation 

obviously). I enjoy 

going to the art museum, 

but I don’t think I’d be 

too good at taking up 

painting. I really enjoy 

the technological side of 

theater, such as lighting/ 

sound design and video 

editing. That is why I love 

working down at Distance 

Learning so much, it is an 

outlet for the techy geek 

inside me. 

What’s a fun, goofy 

fact about you that not 

many people know 

If I was born as a girl my 

name would have been 

Janice. I’m SOOOO glad 

I was born a boy! 

If you were stranded 

on an island, what three 

things would you 

want with you 

What three recordings 

would you be sure to 

have with you 

I would have to take a 

live recording of the 

Met Opera doing 

Rosenkavalier with 

Renee Fleming and 

Susan Graham. I would 

take a Cannonball 

Adderley recording, 

and probably 

a Joel Rubin Klezmer 

recording as well. If I 

could count the Cleveland/Szell 

recordings of 

the Brahms symphonies 

as a thing instead of a 

4th recording, I would 

take them too! I would 

have to take my instruments 

with me, and I 

would also take some sort 

of GPS/communication 

device so I could find help 

to get off the island. 

Who is your 

musical hero 

This changes about as 

frequently as Cleveland’s 

weather. Richard Strauss 

is my favorite composer 

at the moment. I don’t 

really have a favorite 

clarinetist, but I really 

love the same 3 or 4 

people’s performances 

pretty consistently. If I 

could list an establishment 

as a musical hero, 

I would have to say the 

Metropolitan Opera. 

I always love what they 

program and have 

learned a lot about how 

to play vocally/operatically 

and how to phrase 

by listening to many of 

their recordings and live 

broadcasts. 

If you hadn’t chosen 

music as a career, what 

might you have 

done instead 

I have always had an 

interest in aviation and 

traveling, so I might have 

chosen to become an 

airline pilot, but I’m not 

sure. I will always enjoy 

music, so I would need 

to have access to a live 

orchestra. I’m not about 

to become a cowboy in 

Wyoming. 

You’re going to dinner. 

What three people would 

you want to invite, past 

or present, and why 

As much as I would love 

to pick Richard Wagner’s 

brain, I would fear for 

my life sitting across 

the table from him. 

(I’m Jewish.) I would love 

to talk opera with James 

Levine or one of the great 

singers from the past such 

as Carlo Bergonzi or 

Pavarotti. On the nonmusical 

side of the coin, 

I would always enjoy 

sitting down to a nice 

meal and a glass of wine 

with a friend and just 

talk. I can have a good 

time with just about 

anybody.

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Matthew Allen, cello student of Melissa 

Kraut, appeared as a soloist twice: once 

with the Cobb Symphony Orchestra 

(Atlanta, GA) playing Dvorák’s ˇ Cello 

Concerto and once with the Midland (MI) 

Symphony performing Barber’s Cello 

Concerto. 

Jeanette Aufiero, student of Antonio 

Pompa-Baldi, won first prize in the 

Ibero-American piano competition of Santo 

Domingo, Dominican Republic, organized 

within the initiatives for Santo Domingo 

Cultural Capital of Latin America for 2010. 

Sarah Chaffee 

(cello student of 

Melissa Kraut) 

has been loaned 

the inaugural 

Daniel Pearl 

Memorial cello 

to use for the 

2010-2011 

academic year. 

This cello was 

awarded to 

Sarah at the 

Mark O’Conner 

Music Camp for 

her outstanding 

innovations in 

music. Daniel 

Pearl, Wall 

Street Journal 

Chaffee 

reporter who 

was murdered 

in Pakistan in 

2002, was also a violinist. The Daniel Pearl 

Foundation was founded to continue his 

mission, which included the belief in the 

universal power of music. The Daniel Pearl 

World Music Days (which ran the entire 

month of October) included worldwide 

concerts dedicated to Daniel Pearl and the 

principles by which he lived. Sarah has 

already used the cello to spread this 

mission by arranging and performing (with 

her teacher Dr. Melissa Kraut and Michael 

Tweed-Kent) at a Domestic Violence 

Fundraiser at the First Baptist Church of 

Cleveland. For fun, she recently arranged a 

Lady GaGa song for four cellos, which can 

be found on YouTube. 

Students 

Chen 

Yunjie Chen won 

the First Prize at the 

Isang Yun Competition 

in Seoul, Korea. 

Chen, who studies 

with Antonio 

Pompa-Baldi, was 

also the Audience 

Favorite at the New 

York Frederic Chopin 

Piano Competition, 

where Chaoyin Cai, 

a former student of 

Daniel Shapiro, won 

First Prize. 

Alexander Cox, cello student of Melissa 

Kraut, was awarded the National Federation 

of Music Clubs Scholarship from the 

Meadowmount School of Music for his outstanding 

work in the summer of 2010. 

The Firelands Symphony appointed three 

students of Jeffrey Irvine to the viola section 

– Stephanie Price, Kerry Kavalo and 

Rimbo Wong. 

Emily Hagen, Professional Studies viola 

student of Lynne Ramsey and former 

student of Jeffrey Irvine (MM), won a 

position as Principal Viola of the 

Youngstown Symphony. 

Andris Koh appeared as a soloist with 

the Suburban Symphony Orchestra in 

October. She played Tchaikovsky’s 

Rococo Variations. 

Yuriy Leonovich, 

student of Stephen 

Geber, had three 

milestones in October. 

The Cleveland 

Orchestra’s principal 

trombonist, 

Massimo La Rosa, 

recorded Leonovich’s 

transcription 

of Rossini’s Barber 

of Seville Overture. 

This track, released 

in October on La 

Leonovich 

Rosa’s Cantando CD, 

marks Yuriy’s commercial 

recording debut. La Rosa also gave 

the work’s concert premiere on October 17 

as part of the Faculty Recital with Michael 

Sachs and Joela Jones. The Belgian “Spirale 

Trio” is touring Europe with Yuriy’s “Doina,” 

which they most recently performed in 

Buşteni, Romania on October 9. 

Julie Ann Link, student of Barrick Stees, 

added two more orchestral positions to 

her resume this year when she was named 

second bassoonist of both the Canton 

Symphony and Youngstown Symphony 

Orchestra. In the last issue of Notes, 

we told you of her appointment to the 

ProMusica Chamber Orchestra and The 

World Orchestra. 

This summer, Tim 

Mauthe’s (MM ’09) 

chamber work Fragments 

of a Time and 

Place for voice, 

violin, piano, and 

percussion, with 

text by Andrew 

Blalock, was 

premiered by the 

faculty ensemble 

at the soundSCAPE 

2010 New Music 

Festival in 

Mauthe 

Maccagno, Italy. 

The premiere was 

a result of a commission through winning 

the 2009 soundSCAPE Composition Prize. 

Mauthe is a doctoral student of Keith Fitch. 

Matt Smith, composition student of Keith 

Fitch and recent winner of The Cleveland 

Orchestra Youth Orchestra Composition 

Competition, added to his successes this 

year when he was announced as this 

season’s Canton Symphony Composition 

Fellow. 

Katie Tertell, student of Stephen Geber, 

performed the Brahms Double Concerto 

with the Albuquerque Philharmonic in 

November with CIM alumnus Ruth Bacon 

(MM’10, student of William Preucil). 

In May, Daniil Trifonov (student of 

Sergei Babayan) participated in Eurovision 

Young Musicians Competition 2010 and 

was awarded third prize. One contestant 

is chosen to represent each country in the 

competition; Trifonov represented Russia 

and performed in the final with ORF Vienna 

Radio Symphony Orchestra on the Rathauzplats 

(Vienna City Hall Square, Austria) in 

front of 45,000 listeners in the square and 

hundreds of thousands people watching 

a broadcast of the festival throughout 

Europe. A crowd favorite at the 16th 

Annual International Chopin Piano 

Competition in Warsaw, he took third place 

in the event this fall. Representing Russia, 

he also won a prize for Best Performance of 

Mazurkas. In addition to a Chopin Anniversary 

recital in the Europe Teatro la Fenice 

(Venice, Italy), Trifonov participated in festivals 

in Great Britain (Brighton Festival) and 

the Netherlands (Klassiek op Locatie). 

The Konova Quartet, consisting of Jonathan 

Ong, Dorothy Ro, Kerry Kavalo and Andris 

Koh, won 2nd Prize in the Alexander and 

Buono International String Competition. 

The quartet has been invited to perform in 

New York City in 2011.

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Joe Rebman (harp), Maggie Morrison (piano), Jeiran 

Hasan (flute) and Marisa Buchheit (voice) are pictured 

with students from John Hay High School and below. 

CIM’s chapter of Mu 

Phi Epsilon Fraternity 

recently launched a 

project called Dream, 

Believe, Achieve! in 

the high schools of 

University Circle. The 

mentoring/leadership 

program will ultimately 

award college scholarships 

to the high 

school students who 

show extreme motivation 

in the program 

throughout the school 

year. The chapter 

has worked with the 

band classes of John 

Hay High School, The 

Cleveland School of 

the Arts and Montessori 

High School. 

Close to 20 CIM 

students are members 

of the Phi Omicron 

chapter of Mu Phi 

Epsilon (with Dr. Diane 

Urista as faculty advisor) 

and all members 

are playing a role in 

the success of the project. 

Dream, Believe, 

Achieve! is funded 

in part by a grant 

from Neighborhood 

Connections, an 

affiliate of the Cleveland 

Foundation. This 

was accomplished with 

the support of several 

institutions within University 

Circle, including 

the chapter’s fiscal 

agent, UPCaM (a campus 

ministry program). 

Organ Internships 

For twenty years, partnerships between CIM and 

area churches have created opportunities for organ 

students to absorb the multi-faceted skills of the 

church musician in a “real world” setting, while the 

churches benefit from the talents of CIM students. 

Like so many areas of the music industry, the many 

aspects of the church musician’s job are best learned by 

observing and participating in a high-quality setting. 

CIM alumni who have held church internships have 

gone on to full-time positions in churches from coast 

to coast. This year, internships were available at five 

outstanding area churches: Plymouth Church of Shaker 

Heights, St. John’s Cathedral, Fairmount Presbyterian 

Church, Christ Episcopal Church (Hudson) and University 

Circle United Methodist Church. 

“This partnership continues to be a win for both the 

students and the church,” said James Riggs, Minister 

of Music and the Arts at Plymouth Church, which 

has offered CIM organists internships for a decade. 

“Students get first-hand experience playing for worship 

and working with various choirs through accompanying 

and conducting in a supportive and nurturing 

environment. The church fulfills its teaching mission by 

attracting first-rate students from the studio of Todd 

Wilson. We are proud of the on-going success of the 

interns who have worked here.” 

Todd Wilson, the curator of the E.M. Skinner pipe 

organ at Severance Hall, is the head of CIM’s organ 

department, and he looks forward to continuing and 

expanding these partnerships in the future. Wilson 

feels that his students are the best speakers on behalf 

of the internship program. 

Sixteen CIM 

students attended 

Carl Topilow’s National 

Repertory Orchestra 

in Breckenridge, 

Colorado this summer. 

Members of the NRO 

take part in smaller 

chamber concerts during 

the festival, and 

the full orchestra plays 

at several other locations 

in the state. NRO 

Alumni currently play 

in virtually every major 

and regional orchestra 

in the U. S. and in 

orchestras world-wide. 

Dana Steele, a senior at CIM who is interning at 

Plymouth Church with James Riggs, Dean of the 

Cleveland Chapter of American Guild of Organists 

“My internship gave me the invaluable opportunity 

to further develop my skills in the context of a vibrant 

and diverse church music program. It was a wonderful 

way to connect my studies at CIM with a real-world 

church music experience,” said Elizabeth Lenti 

(MM ’04), now an Associate Musician for All Saints 

Episcopal Church in Pasadena, CA. 

“Church music internships give CIM students a leading 

edge in the crowded field of young organists, 

providing vital and practical experience necessary 

for success in our profession,” explained Kevin Kwan 

(MM ’07), the Associate Organist at St. Thomas 

Church Fifth Avenue in New York City.

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9 

Legendary Pianist 

Leon Fleisher 

Returns to CIM 

Mr. Darden imparted his expertise to CIM singers and collaborative 

pianists…He advised the pianists to always accompany singers 

like “an intimate symphony orchestra.” 

— Donald Rosenberg, Cleveland Plain Dealer 

Collaborations Provide Master Classes 

Through collaboration with other local music organizations, 

CIM students participated in master classes with many world class 

musicians this fall. 

In partnership with The Cleveland Orchestra, students were led 

through readings of orchestral repertoire with guest conductors 

Semyon Bychkov, Herbert Blomstedt and Pinchas Steinberg. Members 

of The Cleveland Orchestra’s trumpet, viola, violin, cello and 

oboe sections played with CIM students, and students in Jamey Haddad’s 

World Rhythms course improvised with members of the visiting 

band Nation Beat. In cooperation with the Cleveland Chamber 

Music Society, students worked under the tutelage of visiting artists 

from the Takács Quartet as well as the Jupiter String Quartet. The 

Miró String Quartet and Donald and Vivian Weilerstein also presented 

classes on chamber music. CIM viola faculty member Jeffrey 

Irvine traded places with his colleague from the Oberlin Conservatory, 

Karen Ritscher, to teach violists at both schools. 

Mixon Hall Masters Series performers Vinson Cole, George Darden 

and Roberto Díaz also conducted master classes this semester. 

“Working with George Darden was one of the most enlightening 

and exciting musical experiences I’ve ever had. He is truly a master 

of his field, and it was a great privilege and honor to learn from 

him,” said Samantha Gossard, a mezzo-soprano. 

Without ever having to leave campus, CIM students are able to 

learn from these celebrated musicians’ wealth of experience 

and knowledge. 

Spring Master Class Highlights 

Friday, February 11 @ 1 p.m. 

MIXON HALL MASTERS SERIES 

LEON FLEISHER, piano 

Monday, February 21 @ 4:00 p.m. 

CUARTETO CASALS, chamber music 

The New York Times says the quartet from Madrid has 

a “vivid sonic signature, entirely its own.” 

Wednesday, March 23 @ 11:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. 

WARREN JONES, art song 

Warren Jones has been named “Collaborative Pianist” of the year 

for 2010 by Musical America. He has performed to great 

critical acclaim with the world’s leading singers. 

Mixon Hall Masters Series: 

February 10, 2011 

Fleisher 

John Hopkins Magazine 

summed it up perfectly 

in 1995: 

Joanne Savio 

“Pianist Leon Fleisher has the 

most famous right hand in contemporary music. It is famous 

because, for more than 30 years, it has not worked.” 

Leon Fleisher was known for his brilliant 15-year career in the 

‘50s and early ‘60s, being hailed as “the pianistic find of the 

century” by New York Philharmonic conductor Pierre Monteux. 

The prodigy began studies with the great German pianist Artur 

Schnabel at the age of nine, made his New York Philharmonic 

debut at age 16 and was the first American to win the prestigious 

Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition in 1952. He 

went on to record the complete Beethoven and Brahms piano 

concerti with George Szell and The Cleveland Orchestra. 

But in 1962, at the height of his career, his body began to 

betray him and his right hand began to experience numbness. 

By the time he was 37 years old, he suffered from what is now 

known as carpal tunnel syndrome and the fingers on his right 

hand were rendered completely immobile. 

Like most artists, music was Leon Fleisher’s life, and the 

disability devastated him. He adjusted his career, mastering a 

considerable library of left-handed repertoire and garnering 

critical acclaim as a left-handed soloist, while at the same 

time forging a reputation as a major conductor of symphony 

orchestras. He co-founded and became co-director of the 

Theater Chamber Players of the Kennedy Center in Washington, 

D.C. and was made music director of the Annapolis Symphony 

in 1970. In 1973, he became Assistant Conductor of the 

Baltimore Symphony, and since then, has appeared as guest 

conductor of The Cleveland Orchestra, Boston Symphony, 

Chicago Symphony and San Francisco Symphony, among others. 

He dedicated himself to his students at the Peabody 

Conservatory of Music, the Curtis Institute of Music, the Royal 

Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Tanglewood Music 

Center and gave countless master classes around the world. 

After conducting the CIM Orchestra in 1991, CIM awarded him 

an honorary doctorate. 

Although he had an active and successful career, Fleisher 

continued to try anything and everything to play with both 

hands again – and he did – thirty years later, with The Cleveland 

Orchestra. Later that year, he played two-handed Mozart to 

standing ovations at Tanglewood, followed by a performance 

at Carnegie Hall. 

Today he plays both left-handed and two-handed repertoire. 

Reviewers continue to call him mesmerizing. 

On Thursday, February 10, master pianist Leon Fleisher returns 

to CIM as the final performer in this season’s Mixon Hall 

Masters Series. Tickets are $45. Call 216.791.5000, ext. 411 

or buy online at cim.edu. 

As part of his visit to Cleveland, Fleisher will conduct master 

class for CIM students that is free and open to the public on 

Friday, February 11 at 11 a.m.

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CIM Family Snapshots 

As part of our ongoing endeavors to stay in touch with CIM alumni 

we are holding get-togethers for CIM alumni and friends, such as 

the fantastic party held at the home of Paul Phillips (violin, former 

. 

student of Donald Weilerstein) and Lloyd Palmiter on November 6 

in Chicago. Part of this process involves reaching out to local alumni 

like Matt Gold, to hear how they are doing with their career and life 

post-CIM. Here’s what Matt had to say. 

What brought you to CIM 

It’s funny how we remember 

the names of those who set 

our lives in new directions, 

even if the contact was only 

brief. Back in 1985 I was at a 

summer music program and 

met James Warrick, the Jazz 

director at New Trier. He knew 

I was composing and suggested 

that CIM would be a good place 

for me. I applied and was 

accepted. At that moment, CIM 

may as well have been the only 

school in the world as far as I 

was concerned. I still have my 

acceptance letter. 

I still remember the first person I 

ever met at Cleveland. My family 

and I came to the school the night 

before the official visit to take a 

covert peek. Stanley Konopka was 

doing a work study at the front 

desk and analyzing Bartók’s 4th 

string quartet. Stanley warmly 

welcomed me and sang the praises 

of CIM and we discussed Bartók. 

I also met David Cerone that night. 

It was close to 9PM and he had 

worked really late, but he knew 

who we were and took the time to 

introduce himself to us and even 

gave a mini-tour. What an introduction 

to Cleveland! 

Who are your heroes, 

musical or otherwise Why 

When I was growing up, my heroes 

were baseball players, and statesmen 

like Abraham Lincoln and 

composers like Tchaikovsky and 

writers and thinkers like Algren 

and Adler. I think I feel differently 

about this now. Once in a lesson 

Donald Erb talked about how 

difficult things are in life, as a 

musician and especially as a 

composer. Don spoke of the great 

hardships and challenges. And 

then he said, “... but I’m going to 

do it anyway.” The definition of 

a hero is one of distinguished 

courage or ability, admired for 

brave deeds and noble qualities. 

Today I think my heroes are those 

that say, “I’m going to do 

it anyway.” 

If you had not chosen 

music, what else might you have 

done with your life 

In high school I was torn between 

words and music. I used to write 

poetry and stories and thought 

about a career in writing. Music 

won out. In adulthood, while 

music was always a part of my life, 

circumstances out of my control 

took me away from professional 

performance and composition 

for a time. While productive and 

even necessary, it was not fulfilling 

or happy; almost soulless. This is 

where I belong. This is home. 

How did going to CIM 

affect you as a musician 

As a person 

CIM exposed me to very high standards 

of production and performance 

and provided skills that are 

the backbone to all future work. 

It has made me strive to achieve to 

that level and to seek out circumstances 

where I can collaborate 

with others like-minded. Also, 

and maybe this is partly because 

I’m a bassist and we’re all pretty 

laid back, it instilled kindness and 

mutual support. Don kept a very 

friendly, open studio where we 

all shared, worked together and 

leaned from each other. Cleveland 

instilled respect and appreciation of 

others and collaboration. 

Who were your favorite 

teachers at CIM 

Donald Erb – taught me composition, 

compassion and generosity, 

and how to teach, i.e understanding 

what a student wants to do in 

a piece of music and helping them 

accomplish it. 

Dean Guy – taught me how to 

listen. 

Larry Baker – how to think about 

music and how to express those 

thoughts in words. 

Eric Benson – how to physically 

write and edit music correctly and 

how music is perceived on the 

page. Eric always reviewed my 

music and made suggestions. Eric’s 

lessons were a forum to discuss 

great works, great performers and 

great performances. A true artist 

and a friend. 

David Brown- Pulse and center. 

How to feel music and inner pulse. 

My practice starts with a metronome, 

open strings and eurhythmics 

exercises. 

I also need to mention a few Case 

teachers. 

Richard Rodda – Taught about how 

music is connected and contrasted. 

This lesson lead to a lifelong need 

to both make connections and fill 

in gaps. 

Quentin Quereau - opened up the 

Renaissance for me in a way no one 

else could have. (Students- if he is 

still teaching his survey class- take 

it!) Also planted the seed of the 

idea that the history of western 

music and the path to modern 

music did not and need not run 

exclusively through Germany. An 

idea that triggered a great journey 

of discovery for me. 

Martha Woodmansee – CWRU 

English department. Taught me 

how to write and how to think 

about writing. She said all 

writing must have an audience and 

a purpose. An important lesson I 

will never forget. 

Anything else you’d like 

to add about your time 

at CIM 

There must be few, if any, places 

like CIM. I could not know how 

rare and unique the Cleveland experience 

is until I was other places. 

I used to walk through the halls 

of the practice rooms just to listen 

to people practice. It was inspiring. 

I still do that when I visit the 

school. People of whom I was in 

awe were regularly walking in the 

halls. I remember walking up the 

stairs with Isaac Stern. Andew Foldi 

was on faculty. I had just seen him 

on stage at Chicago Lyric Opera 

as Shigolth in Lulu. And of course 

there were The Cleveland Orchestra 

members all over. I grew up listening 

to “Live from Severance Hall” 

on Thursday nights and here they 

were up close and in person. I remember 

in my freshman year learning 

of the passing of Jascha Heifetz. 

Lynn Harrell informed the audience 

from the stage of a master class 

he was teaching. He proceeded to 

play an excerpt from the Elgar Concerto 

as an elegy. I mention this 

because Harrell was giving a master 

class on the application of vocal 

technique to instrumental music. 

The things he taught such as subtle 

bending of pitches (or deliberately 

playing certain notes “out of tune” 

in a passage to raise tension) have 

stayed with me to this day and 

regularly draw upon them. Lynn 

Harrell, a master cellist, giving a 

master class on vocal technique to a 

freshman composer. That’s the kind 

of thing that happened regularly at 

CIM… and I know it did not happen 

anywhere else. 

Please tell us about your life 

now as a musician and educator 

and hopes for the future! 

I live in Chicago. I compose, I 

play bass and I practice. I recently 

finished a violin duet which should 

have its full premiere this spring. 

I completed the revision of a solo 

cello work and am expecting a performance 

this winter. I also just got 

word of the go ahead for a performance 

of a chamber orchestra work 

that is now in sketches so that is 

next up. While I compose classical, 

I can be heard around town playing 

both modern improvised music and 

traditional jazz and I keep trying to 

improve. I’ve been meeting a lot of 

good musicians and sharing ideas 

and learning new things. I’m also 

still trying to listen to and learn 

as much music as possible. 

I reconciled to the fact that I can’t 

know all music. The more I learn 

the more there is to learn. One 

leads to another. My latest passion 

is Liszt choral works and late piano 

works. Before that Zelenka. Next 

up Kurtog. I also want to keep an 

ear to what’s happening in popular 

music. Ellington said if it sounds 

good, it is good. I just heard a 

local guy DJ Jimmy Singh. Blew 

me away. Mixes Indian music with 

house music. Hopes for the future 

include more learning, more writing 

and performances of my music, 

meeting and working with great 

musicians and finding opportunities 

to work with more students.

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Offbeat Returns! 

On Saturdays this winter, CIM’s radio show, Offbeat, returns 

to WCLV, 104.9 FM at 11 a.m. Tune in to take a look 

behind-the-scenes of classical music with even 

more fantastic guest artists and some past favorites. 

January 8 “The World of Possibilities: conductor Benjamin Zander” 

Conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and the NEC Youth Orchestra, 

composer, cellist, motivational speaker and teacher shares his 

thoughts on Mahler and his best-selling book, The Art of Possiblities. 

Zander 

Conrad 

January 15 “Listen and heal with music therapist Deforia Lane” 

How the power of music makes its way into the hospital room. 

January 22 “Classical Music with a Twist: Project Trio” 

Classically trained, award-wining musicians create a sound blending 

elements of jazz, hip-hop and rock while staying true to their roots. 

January 29 “More than 15 Lutes and the 

man who plays them all: Paul O’Dette 

He’s been described as the clearest case of genius to ever touch the lute, 

helping to define the technical and stylistic standards of performance. 

Lane 

Pressler 

February 5 “Music for a Cause: Yolanda Kondonassis” 

Touring harpist and author of the children’s environment-friendly 

book, Our House is Round, discusses making music to raise awareness. 

February 12 “The Birth of the Beaux Arts: Menahem Pressler” 

Learn more about the founder of the legendary Beaux Arts Trio 

and their fifty years as leaders in the chamber music world. 

Project Trio 

February 19 “Hitting the High C : Tenor Vinson Cole” 

CIM’s newest voice faculty member and Mixon Hall Masters Series 

performing artist discusses tenors in music today. 

February 26 “Classical On-Air: Robert Conrad” 

Heard around the world as the voice of Cleveland radio 

broadcasts, he’s a classical music icon in his own right. 

March 5 “Teaming Up at the Keys: 

Collaborative Piano with Warren Jones and Anita Pontremoli” 

Learn what leads some of the world’s greatest pianists away from 

solo performance and into the teamwork of collaborative piano. 

March 12 “Rocking the Classical World: Liza Grossman” 

A conversation with the conductor who founded The Contemporary 

Youth Orchestra, an ensemble that incorporates hip hop, 

DJs and more into classical performance. 

O'Dette 

King 

Roger Mastroianni 

March 19 “All the World’s a Stage: David Bamberger” 

He has produced more than 150 opera productions on 

three continents, and he tells us how he makes it work. 

March 26 “Ah…you are not French, Oui: Richard King” 

Learn about the horn, once referred to as the French Horn, 

from Cleveland Orchestra Principal, Richard King. 

Jupiter String Quartet 

April 2 “The Bringers of Jollity: Jupiter String Quartet” 

The prizewinning family of musicians discusses their quartet 

heritage and repertoire while reaching for new frontiers 

in music making with the works of living composers.

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Domenico Boyagian (MM ’09, 

student of Carl Topilow) is the 

Assistant Conductor of Opera 

Southwest in Albuquerque. 

As their Assistant Conductor, 

he just finished a production of 

Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeria. 

He has engagements with the 

company through 2010. Boyagian 

was also invited to conduct three 

performances of a new production 

of La Traviata in Toronto for Opera 

Belcanto of South Simcoe. 

Boyagian 

Nickitas Demos (DMA’ 95, student 

of Donald Erb) was promoted to 

the rank of Full Professor of 

Composition at the Georgia State 

University School of Music in 

March 2010. He had performances 

of his works internationally at the 

43rd Dimitria Festival in Thessaloniki, 

Greece and the 18th International 

Review of Composers in 

Belgrade, Serbia. Recent awards 

include the National Association 

of College Wind and Percussion 

Instructors 2009-2010 Composition 

Project and the Delta 

Omicron Foundation, Inc. Dr. Thor 

Johnson Memorial Commission. 

In May 2010, he was honored 

for two compositions at the 

Georgia State University Program, 

Celebrating Excellence. His solo 

CD of chamber music, Aegean 

Counterpoint, was released on 

the MSR Classics label. He continues 

to serve as the Coordinator of 

Composition Studies at Georgia 

State University, Artistic Director 

of the neoPhonia New Music 

Ensemble and is a member of 

the Executive Committee of the 

Society of Composers, Inc. 

Matt Edwards (BM ’02, student of 

Beverly Rinaldi) was hired as an 

Assistant Professor of Voice at 

Shenandoah Conservatory as their 

Musical Theatre Styles Specialist: 

Rock, Pop, R&B and Country. He 

joined the faculty in fall 2010 and 

teaches the senior musical theatre 

majors. 

Rebecca Patrick Flaherty (1999- 

2000, student of George Vassos) 

spent the month of July in Rome, 

Italy with Operafestival di Roma, 

singing the role of Rosalinde in 

“Die Fledermaus”. In August, she 

attended Sherrill Milnes’s 3-week 

“V.O.I.C.Experience” program in 

Tampa Bay, Florida. When she 

completes her Master of Music 

degree at Georgia Southern 

University this spring, she plans 

to create a small opera company 

that focuses on education and 

outreach in the public schools 

of Savannah, Georgia, where 

she currently lives with her 

husband and two children. 

She was delighted to find that 

Savannah is also home to two 

other CIM alumni, Brenda Rucker 

and Kyle Hancock, also students 

of George Vassos. 

Katherine Hagen (BM/BA Viola 

and Physics ‘10, student of Jeffrey 

Irvine and Lynne Ramsey) has 

been awarded a Catherine Filene 

Shouse Arts Leadership Fellowship 

at Eastman School of Music, 

where she is pursuing a Master of 

Music degree. 

Rachel Harding-Klaus (BM ‘05, 

student of David & Linda Cerone) 

was named assistant concertmaster 

of the Colorado Symphony for 

2010-11. She has performed as a 

soloist with orchestras in Kalamazoo 

(MI), Corpus Christi (TX) and 

Asheville (NC). 

Thomas Pylinski (BM ‘06, student 

of Steven Witser) was appointed 

second trombonist of the 

Youngstown Symphony Orchestra 

in September. He currently 

holds positions with the Akron 

Symphony, the Canton Symphony 

and the Lancaster Festival 

Orchestra. This fall he also 

performed with the Starkweather 

Brass, a new quintet in residence 

with the Canton Symphony, 

along with fellow CIM alumni 

Erik Hasselquist and Lauren 

Moore. 

Pylinski 

Mikki Gramoll Skinner (’07-’08, 

student of Michael Sachs) performs 

in the US Military Academy 

Band at West Point. In this role, 

she has performed for many 

different sites, including at 

Lincoln Center with New York 

Philharmonic Principal Brass 

Quintet. Recently she performed 

“TAPS” during the memorial 

ceremony for Mr. George 

Steinbrenner at Yankees Stadium. 

 

Alumni 

Trio Terzetto 

Trio Terzetto made its Beethoven 

Triple Concerto debut in September 

with The Lansing Symphony, 

Timothy Muffitt conducting. This 

summer, the Trio took part in The 

Swannanoa Chamber Music Festival 

and The Saugatuck Chamber 

Music Festival. In Saugatuck, they 

gave a children’s concert for over 

100 children of migrant workers. 

Photos of this event can be 

seen at blog.saugatuckmusic.org. 

Members are CIM alum Diana 

Cohen and Tanya Ell, and pianist 

Renana Gutman. 

Diana Wade (MM ’09, viola 

student of Jeffrey Irvine) won a 

position in the Akron Symphony. 

Demos 

Dr. Jesse C. McCarroll (BM ‘60) 

has been reappointed as National 

Representative of the United 

States to the Pan African Society 

for Musical Arts Education (PAS- 

MAE). He is also President-Elect of 

the National Association for the 

Study and Performance of African 

American Music (NASPAAM).

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Special Event 

Premieres 

Newly 

Discovered 

Liszt 

Manuscripts 

CIM and Tri-C 

Present Leslie 

Howard and the 

CIM Orchestra 

In honor of the 2011 bicentennial of composer 

Franz Liszt’s birth, Australian pianist 

Leslie Howard and the CIM Orchestra will 

perform world premieres of newly discovered 

Liszt manuscripts as part of Tri-C’s 

Classical Piano Recital Series. The concert, 

which will be conducted by Carl Topilow and 

Leslie Howard, takes place on Wednesday, 

March 23 at 8:00 p.m. in Kulas Hall at CIM, 

with pre-concert discussion at 7:00 p.m. 

Iannis Quartet 

The Iannis Quartet - master’s student Josue Gonzalez (cello, BM ’09) and CIM alumnae violinist 

Domenic Salerni (BM ’08, student of Linda Cerone), Ellen Cockerham (viola, BM '09, MM '10, 

student of William Preucil) and Ayane Kozasa (violin, BM '09, student of William Preucil) - 

were the featured performers in the world premier of Domenic’s father, Paul Salerni’s, 

adaption of “The Life and Love of Joe Coogan,” an episode of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” 

by Carl Reiner. Salerni’s second opera, with libretto by Kate Light, noted poet and violinist in 

the New York City Opera Orchestra, was intended as a companion piece to his first opera, an 

award-winning one-act tragedy entitled “Tony Caruso’s Final Broadcast,” which catalogues 

the last night of failed opera tenor Antonio Caruso’s operatic radio show before its conversion 

to a popular music format. “The Life and Love of Joe Coogan” was performed at Lehigh 

University’s Zoellner Arts Center in September by singers from the New York City Opera 

company, accompanied by the Monocacy Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Paul 

Salerni to positive reviews and the personal approbation of Carl Reiner himself. In addition, 

the Iannis Quartet was featured on the first half of each concert in performances of the 

Brahms Piano Quintet with Lehigh faculty pianist, Eugene Albulescu. Earlier this month, the 

recording of Salerni’s first opera, “Tony Caruso’s Final Broadcast,” with libretto by poet and 

former director of the National Endowment for the Arts Dana Gioia, was released by the 

Naxos label under American Opera Classics. It features singers from the Metropolitan Opera 

and New York City Opera accompanied by CIM students Genia Maslov, violin, cellist Josue 

Gonzalez, and CIM alumnae violist Rebekah Newman and Domenic Salerni in their roles as 

members of the Monocacy Chamber Orchestra under conductor Jung-Ho Pak. 

The Linden String Quartet (Sarah McElravy 

& Catherine Cosbey, violins; Eric Wong, 

viola; Felix Umansky, cello) brought home 

another big prize this fall, as winners of the 

2010 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh 

Competition at the Awards Showcase at 

the Kosciuszko Foundation. They received a 

two-year management contract and joined 

the CAG artist roster. 

Australian Leslie Howard is renowned for 

being the only pianist to have recorded the 

complete piano works of Franz Liszt, a project 

which includes more than 300 premiere 

recordings. Despite his close identification 

with Liszt, he has recorded works by various 

composers, proving himself especially adept 

at the music of Franck, Rubinstein and 

fellow Australian Percy Grainger, among 

others. Hailed by 

The Musical Times 

as “a virtuoso in 

the grand tradition,” 

Howard was 

appointed a Member 

of the Order of 

Australia (AM) in 

1999, and in 2001, 

he was awarded 

a doctorate 

“honoris causa” 

by the University 

Howard 

of Melbourne. 

Tri-C’s Classical Piano Recital Series, featuring 

internationally acclaimed artists and 

rising young stars, is the only one of its kind 

in Cleveland. Hailed by the Plain Dealer as 

“the prime keyboard destination in Northeast 

Ohio,” the series typically takes place 

at the Gartner Auditorium at the Cleveland 

Museum of Art. (The March 23 Liszt event 

will be held at CIM’s Kulas Hall.) 

Tickets are $15 adult/$10 seniors. CIM and Tri-C 

student admission is free with a valid ID. Call 

216.987.4444 or visit www.tricpresents.com. 

Tickets are also available at the door. 

The Linden String Quartet

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CIM Opera Theater presents Mozart, February 23-26 

The CIM Opera Theater is pleased to 

announce their February production, 

Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera. 

Photos: Dan Milner 

Engaging the Next Generation 

The Art of Engagement Seminar returned to CIM 

this fall with three new programs for grades pre-K 

through 12. 

Members of Bassoon4 (David Husby, Laura McIntyre, 

Susanna Whitney and Arleigh Savage), the Vera 

String Quartet (Michelle Abraham, Annie-Sopie 

Lacharite Roberge, Caitlin Lynch and Katie Tertell) 

and The Kyodai ¯ Brass (brothers Conrad, Gary and 

Douglas Jones, Hayato Tanaka and Benjamin 

Reidhead) presented fun programs such as 

“Bassooner then Later”, “V.E.R.A.” and “A Night 

at the Movies” for school-aged children. The 

programs were scripted and created by the student 

performers with guidance from Cavani Quartet 

member, Annie Fullard. 

The seminar also offered audiences a chance to 

have a dialogue with members of the CIM faculty: 

The Cavani String Quartet, in residence at CIM, Peter 

Salaff, Chairman of String and Piano Chamber Music 

and Chris Haff-Paluck , Director of Outreach. This 

year, the Art of Engagement’s special guest speaker 

was Joan Katz, Director of Education & Community 

Programs for The Cleveland Orchestra. 

Art of Engagement was inaugurated in 2007 to 

provide an opportunity for talented and motivated 

CIM students to demonstrate programs created 

specifically for young audiences. 

Directed by David Bamberger, with the 

CIM Orchestra conducted by Harry Davidson, 

the production loosely translates into 

The Garden Girl in Disguise. 

The famous composer penned his second 

comic opera when he was just 18 years old, 

and it has been called the first of his mature 

operas. Davidson explains “This opera puts 

in perspective the operatic creations of the 

master’s full maturity and his incomparable 

gift for expressing drama through music. 

In our time, it is akin to a high school senior 

revealing his true promise as one of mankind’s 

unquestionable creative giants.” 

It features a unique mixture of 

drama and comedy, with enchanting 

scenes of romance and passion 

entwined with cases of mistaken 

identity. 

If this sounds a little familiar, it 

should. CIM first did the production 

in 2005, to rave reviews. The Plain 

Dealer said “What the CIM forces 

are performing is delightful, rich 

and remarkably intricate… Bamberger’s 

staging brings out the opera’s 

humor and pathos with equal sensitivity.” 

“It has the simple sound of early Mozart, 

but also foreshadows the complex 

harmonies/structure and bizarre plot twists 

of his later operas,” said CIM voice faculty 

member Jung Eun Oh, who starred in CIM’s 

production when she was a student in 2005. 

“It is wonderfully satisfying and simultaneously 

daunting to sing it, but with the same 

vocal and staging guidance I had, I am sure 

that students have prepared a triumphant 

production this season!” 

Handel's Xerxes, Fall 2010 

Cavani String Quartet in one of their school-aged 

programs, “Team Up for Music,” with third and 

fourth graders from the Urban Community School. 

Bamberger spoke of adapting the production 

for CIM audiences in a 2005 issue of Notes. 

“It has been great fun to develop this piece,” 

he said. “The original opera is quite long and 

has a somewhat confusing libretto. Our Oh in La Finta Giardiniera, Fall 2005 

adaptation tightens the work and includes 

only the music that is Mozart’s very best. I think audiences will be amazed by the 

wonderful music he created when he was still just a teenager.” 

This production, with a brand new set of talented CIM singers, 

appears on Kulas Hall stage February 23 -26, 2011. Tickets are 

$15 for adults, $10 for students/seniors/groups of 10 or more. 

Call 216.791.5000, ext. 411 or buy online at cim.edu.

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Concerts 

Celebrating our 90 th season 

get to know 

...CIM offers hundreds of free 

concerts each year from student 

and faculty recitals to operas and 

orchestra concerts. 

...CIM’s Mixon Hall has a 

growing reputation as one of 

the premier recital spaces in the 

world today. 

JANUARY 

12 Wed. 8:00 pm Kulas Hall 

FACULTY RECITAL 

JUNG EUN OH, soprano 

ALICJA BASINSKA, piano 

Program includes works by Argento, Handel, 

Bellini, Schubert and Fauré 

Oh 

21 Fri. 8:00 pm Kulas Hall 


WILLIAM PREUCIL, violin 

MARK KOSOWER, cello 

ANITA PONTREMOLI, piano 

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23 

FAURÉ Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 13 

BRAHMS Piano Trio No. 2 in C Major, Op. 87 

Presented in honor of Donley’s, Inc. 

Audio-Technica live broadcast on WCLV 104.9 FM 

Dan Milner 

28 Fri. 1:00 pm Mixon Hall 

MASTER CLASS 

MARVIN HAMLISCH, award-winning 

composer, rranger, songwriter, conductor coaches 

CIM singers in American Song. 

29 Sat. 8:00 pm 

Severance Hall 

ONE SINGULAR SENSATION! 

MARVIN HAMLISCH, with the CIM Orchestra 

A benefit presented by the CIM Women’s Committee 

Emmy, Grammy, Tony and Academy Awardwinning 

composer and conductor Marvin Hamlisch 

will bring us music from his most popular scores, 

such as The Way We Were, The Sting and of course, 

A Chorus Line! 

Presenting sponsor: The Invacare Corporation 

Benefit tickets start at $200. Beginning at 5:00 pm, 

benefit patrons will enjoy cocktails, a silent auction, 

parking and a gourmet dinner in addition to premier 

box and dress circle seating for the concert. 

Call 216.791.5000, ext. 311. 

Tickets for concert only: $45 and $35. 

Call the Severance Hall Box Office 216.231.1111. 

On sale now! See article on page 7. 

...Free seating passes* are 

distributed at the CIM Box Office 

one hour before select concerts 

and may be reserved one week in 

advance by calling 216.791.5000, 

ext. 411. Passes must be picked 

up at least 15 minutes prior to 

the performance or they will be 

redistributed to others. 

...Online ticketing 

is available. Although 

most events are free, 

some are designated as ticketed 

events and presented at a nominal 

fee. You may reserve them online 

using Visa, MasterCard, Discover 

or American Express. Day-of-show 

online ticket orders cannot be 

accepted after 3 p.m. Visit cim.edu 

to purchase your tickets. 

23 Sun. 2:00 pm Severance Hall 

NORTHEAST OHIO BAND INVITATIONAL VIII 

CWRU SYMPHONIC WINDS 

CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY II- 

CONCERT WINDS 

DR. GARY M. CIEPLUCH, conductor 

DANIEL CRAIN, conductor 

Day-long presentation of symphonic band 

repertoire featuring high school bands from 

Perry, Riverside, Bay Village and Avon Lake. 

Tickets: $10 general admission; 

$15 reserved box seats. Call the Severance Hall 

Box Office: 216.231.1111 

30 Sun. 4:00 pm Kulas Hall 

20th ANNUAL BLACK HERITAGE CONCERT 

Featuring ensembles from the 

Cleveland School of the Arts 

R. NATHANIEL DETT CONCERT CHOIR 

WILLIAM B. WOODS, director 

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 

DIANNA RICHARDSON, director

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FEBRUARY 


CIM ORCHESTRA 

CARL TOPILOW, conductor 

LAURA HA, violin 

Presented in honor of The Lubrizol Foundation 

4 Fri. 8:00 pm Mixon Hall 

FACULTY RECITAL: BOHEMIAN NIGHTS 

ANNIE FULLARD, violin 

MARI SATO, violin 

MARCIA FERRITTO, viola 

MOZART Duo for Violin and Viola in G Major, K.423 

MARTINU ˚ Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola 

BARTÓK Selected Duos for Two Violins 

DVORÁK ˇ Terzetto in C Major, Op. 74 

8 Tues. 7:30 pm Mixon Hall 

PIANOFEST 

Directed by Paul Schenly, PIANOFEST combines 

CIM staff/faculty performances with lively 

commentary, bringing the great piano literature 

to life. Reception follows. General admission 

$5 at the door; students free with ID. 

Schenly 



FRANKLIN COHEN, clarinet 

JOAN KWUON, violin 

JOEL SMIRNOFF, violin 

DIANA COHEN, violin, guest artist 

KIRSTEN DOCTER, viola 

TANYA ELL, cello, guest artist 

REGER Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146 

BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op. 115 

Presented in honor of NACCO Industries, Inc. 

10 Thurs. 8:00 pm Mixon Hall 



J.S. BACH “Sheep May Safely Graze”, 

from Cantata No. 208 

Capriccio in B-flat Major, BWV 992 

“On the Departure of a Most Beloved Brother” 

Chaconne for the Left Hand (arr. Brahms) 

from the Violin Partita No. 2 in D Minor, 

BWV 1004 

SCHUBERT Sonata in B-flat Major, D. 960 

Tickets $45. Call 216.791.5000, ext. 411, 

or buy online at cim.edu. 

See article on page 11. 

11 Fri. 11:00 am Mixon Hall 


GUEST ARTIST MASTER CLASS 


Fleisher 

Joanne Savio 

16 Wed. 8:00 pm Mixon Hall 

CIM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA 


KATRINA KING, flute 

*Seating passes required 


18 Fri. 8:00 pm 

The Temple-Tifereth Israel 

26000 Shaker Boulevard, Beachwood 

Presented in collaboration with 

The Temple-Tifereth Israel and 

the Darius Milhaud Society 

FACULTY RECITAL: MILHAUD AND HIS MILIEU 

JOEL SMIRNOFF, violin 

STEPHEN WARNER, violin, guest artist 

JUNG EUN OH, soprano 

JAMES UMBLE, saxophone, guest artist 

JOSHUA SMITH, flute 

FRANK ROSENWEIN, oboe 

ROBERT WOOLFREY, clarinet, guest artist 

JESSE McCORMICK, horn, guest artist 

BARRICK STEES, bassoon 

CAROLYN GADIEL WARNER, piano 

CIM STUDENT QUARTET 

JINJOO CHO, violin 

STEFANI COLLINS, violin 

FITZ GARY, viola 

JOSUÉ GONZALEZ, cello 

Works by Milhaud and his contemporaries. 

20 Sun. 3:00 pm Severance Hall 

UNIVERSITY CIRCLE WIND ENSEMBLE 

CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY I 

CWRU SYMPHONIC WINDS 


KATIE DEJONGH, flute 

GREG BANASZAK, alto saxophone 

DAVE MORGAN, composer 

Performing the music of Morgan, Wood, 

Sousa, Masanori and Barber. 

Tickets $15 general admission; $25 reserved box seats 

Call the Severance Hall Box Office: 216.231.1111 

21 Mon. 4:00 pm Mixon Hall 

In collaboration with the Cleveland Chamber 

Music Society 

CHAMBER MUSIC MASTER CLASS 

CUARTETO CASALS 

VERA MARTINEZ, violin 

ABEL TOMÁS, violin 

JONATHAN BROWN, viola 

ARNAU TOMÁS, cello 

23 Wed. 11:30 a.m. 

Stages Restaurant at the 

Cleveland Play House 

8501 Carnegie Avenue 

MUSICAL LUNCHEON SERIES 

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE A DAME 

Presented by the CIM Women’s Committee 

CIM’s Head of Collaborative Piano, 

Anita Pontremoli, brings us this program 

featuring women artists. As always, stay for 

lunch, or “take out” if you must return to work. 

Members $30, non-members $35. 

Reservations required. Call 216.791.5000, ext. 311. 

23-26 Wed., Thurs., Fri., Sat. 

8:00 pm Kulas Hall 

CIM OPERA THEATER: Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera 

DAVID BAMBERGER, director 

CIM ORCHESTRA 

HARRY DAVIDSON, conductor 

“The Garden Girl in Disguise” was written when 

Mozart was just 18 years old and includes an 

intriguing blend of opera buffa and opera seria. 

Tickets $15 adults; $10 students, seniors 

and groups of 10 or more. 

Call 216.791.5000, ext. 411, 

or buy online at cim.edu 


La Finta Giardiniera 

2005

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27 Sun. 4:00 pm Mixon Hall 

NEW MUSIC SERIES 

KEITH FITCH, director 

New works by CIM composition students 

MARCH 

Fitch 

2 Wed. 8:00 pm Mixon Hall 


SERGEI BABAYAN, piano 

*Seating passes required 

13 Sun. 4:00 pm Kulas Hall 


GERARDO TEISSONNIÈRE, piano 

CHOPIN Ballade No.1 in G Minor, Op.23 

Three Mazurkas, Op.59 

Ballade No.4 in F Minor, Op.52 

Barcarolle in F-sharp Major, Op.60 

SCHUMANN Kinderszenen, Op.15 

LISZT Widmung (after Schumann), S.566 

PIAZZOLLA Adiós Nonino 

GINASTERA Malambo, Op.7 



JOAN KWUON, violin 

TEDDY ROBIE, piano, guest artist 

BEETHOVEN Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major, 

Op. 47, “Kreutzer” 

J.S. BACH Sonata No. 3 in C Major for Solo Violin, 

BWV 1005 

ST.-SAËNS Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75 

Kwuon 

Babayan 

Christian Steiner 

18 Fri. 8:00 pm Kulas Hall 


FRANKLIN COHEN, clarinet 

SERGEI BABAYAN, piano 

DEBUSSY Premiere Rhapsodie 

WEBER Grand Duo Concertant in B-flat Major, 

Op. 48 

PROKOFIEV Sonata in D Major, Op. 94 

Romeo and Juliet, Suite from the Ballet 

SCHUBERT Sonata in A Minor, Arpeggione, D. 821 

Cohen 

21 Mon. 4:30 pm Studio 113 


PETER SALAFF, Director, Chamber Music Program 

22 Tues. 7:00 pm 

Medina Performing Arts Center 

851 Weymouth Road, Medina 

CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY I 


CLEVELAND YOUTH WIND SYMPHONY II 

CONCERT WINDS 

MELISSA LICHTLER, conductor 

MEDINA HIGH SCHOOL SYMPHONIC BAND 

GARY CIULLA, conductor 

Admission $5 at the door. Call 330.636.3400 

Medina Performing Arts Center 

23 Wed. 11:00 am, 2:30 pm 

Mixon Hall 

VOICE MASTER CLASS 

WARREN JONES, piano, guest artist 

Mr. Jones coaches CIM students in art songs 

at 11 a.m. followed by arias at 2:30 p.m. 

Jones 

Howard 


CLASSICAL PIANO RECITAL SERIES 

Presented in collaboration with Cuyahoga 

Community College 

LESLIE HOWARD, piano and conductor, guest artist 

CIM ORCHESTRA 


In honor of the 2011 bicentennial of composer 

Franz Liszt’s birth, Howard and the CIM Orchestra 

will present world premieres of newly discovered 

Liszt manuscripts. 

Pre-show talk begins at 7:00 pm. 

Tickets $15; $10 seniors. Tri-C and CIM students free with ID. 

Call Tri-C Box Office: 216.978.4444 


26 Sat. 7:00 pm Kulas Hall 

18th ANNUAL DARIUS MILHAUD PERFORMANCE 

PRIZE CONCERT 

CIM students compete for cash prizes for best 

performance of a work by Darius Milhaud. 

Winners announced at a reception that follows. 

Sasha Mäkilä 


CIM ORCHESTRA 

SASHA MÄKILÄ, guest conductor 

JOHN LEE, piano 

Presented in honor of Westlake Reed Leskosky Architects 


31 Thurs. 7:00 pm Studio 113 


CAVANI STRING QUARTET

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